r/woahthatsinteresting • u/wafodumebeseraw • 7d ago

How Qantas treats their customer's baggage

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u/EmbarrassedEscape757 7d ago

Fucking assholes

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u/23826 7d ago

I got news for yah, it's not just Qantas. I've got some friends who work in the industry and they told me they purposely toss the shit out of bags just for the fun it, but also because they just having a bad day and take their anger out on the bags. They aren't paid enough and don't have time to treat every bag with care. That's what they told me. They literally don't give a shit about any bag.

It's very likely this job will be replaced entirely automated robots/machines in the near future. Probably just have a few guys to manage the machines all day.

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u/Tenpoundtrout 7d ago

This is worse than “not giving a shit” this is intentionally trying to harm, psychopath behavior.

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u/seanieh966 6d ago

Damage. You can’t harm a suitcase.

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u/Tenpoundtrout 6d ago

Referring to harming the owner of the suitcase that presumably did nothing to this person.

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u/Magsec5 5d ago

Nah, just base level job for base level ape brains.

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u/SeaniMonsta 6d ago

While agree the behavior is more than "not giving a shit." I wouldn't call this psychotic. I grew up with someone that was literally diagnosed as such and it's just not at all the same.

I would go ahead and call this immaturity + testosterone + low intellect.

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u/Pickled_Ass 7d ago

Throwing a bag isn't psychopathic, touch grass.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

Calm down. If you’ve never been this mad at work, you’ve never been forced to keep a low wage, unsatisfying job. It’s not cool behavior, but it’s not “psychopath” behavior either. These guys aren’t thinking about you, you egomaniac. These bags belong to the airline and probably all look like their immediate supervisor’s head to these guys

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u/weizikeng 7d ago

The bags don't belong to the airline, they belong to individual people who have nothing to do with the working conditions there. The fact that you think it's okay to take your anger out on people who have nothing to do with the issue says a lot about your personality (like the husband who has a bad day at work and then lashes out at his wife and kids).

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

Big stretch from “maybe there is a reason for this behavior” to me beating my wife. I encourage you to read a little deeper into the thread so you understand better what I was trying to say. I’ve never excused the behavior but only tried to shed some light on some larger issues.Or don’t it’s a Reddit comment thread 🤷

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u/Time-Ebb-6969 7d ago

I've worked very shitty jobs. I didn't act this way. You're getting paid to do a job. Do it correctly or GTFO.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

I guess you are just a better person than all the rest of us. Congratulations on rising above the fray

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u/tragicdiffidence12 7d ago

I think you’re overestimating how many people are shitheads and damage the property of people who did nothing to them. He’s normal. You’re not.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

I think you don’t spend enough time with low wage workers, or you’re a snitch and everyone is on their best behavior around you

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u/tragicdiffidence12 7d ago

I think you spend too much time with assholes and now believe everyone does this crap. This isn’t normal. And it’s an insult to suggest that low wage workers behave like complete thugs when given the opportunity.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

You’re adding a lot of baggage (pun intended) to my comments. I’ve said several times this isn’t the “right” thing to do, and I don’t think this is how all low wage workers think or act all or even most of the time. But these guys got filmed at their worst, and the comment section is completely oblivious to any awareness of class consciousness or workers rights, or the bigger picture in general. It’s just, “fuck these poors, they just like to act like animals for no apparent reason”. If these guys are pissed, there is probably a reason, and it probably has something to do with how they are treated, how they are compensated, and how much money the airlines make compared to them. Most people are pretty decent most of the time, no matter how the world treats them. Sometimes the struggle gets you down and you slam a bag on a conveyer belt. Rough baggage handling vs massive income inequality. I know where my concern lies.

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u/my2cents4sale 7d ago

You are one of those self-righteous people that makes the labor movement look bad. Stop defending this shit in the name of labor rights, they do not and should not be representative of our purpose. People are not mad because they’re poor, they’re mad because that behavior is unacceptable. Fuck you for actively damaging our cause.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

Sorry that’s what you took from this comment thread. I didn’t just defend their behavior, I tried to shed some light on the reasons for it. Different opinions are allowed. You can try to keep me out of your tent, but those of us in the bigger more successful tent will make room for you when you gain some understanding or lose the taste for boot (now THAT was self-righteous!)

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u/acquiescentLabrador 7d ago

Careful man, trying to provide insight into human behaviour instead of judging low paid over worked workers from a ten second clip is basically heresy on Reddit

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u/SchmuckTornado 6d ago

Glad you two can jerk each other off over how great of people you think you are.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

It’s a fools errand, but I have the day off

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u/XxUCFxX 7d ago

They’re right, you’re wrong

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u/Time-Ebb-6969 5d ago

No, I was just taught to do a good job. Sorry you weren't raised with a good work ethic.

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u/Pickled_Ass 7d ago

his job is to move the bags to the conveyor belt, where in this video is he not doing his job?

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u/universecentre03 7d ago

But look at how much they get paid. Then come here and say this. Airport / baggage handlers starting wage is well above $29 per hour.

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u/Silver_Double4678 7d ago

That’s 60k/ year before taxes…for a physically demanding high stress job. It’s not a terrible wage. Airlines globally profited about 32 billion last year. Do the CEOs and CFOs of these companies deserve 350x more profit than the average worker?

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u/universecentre03 6d ago

Are you aware it’s probably more than that? No one is forcing them to do that job. They can look for better higher paying jobs.

There’s no reason to ruin other belongings if you’re miserable person.

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u/Silver_Double4678 6d ago

Google says it’s less. Also, we should address the reason these guys are miserable (the 350x pay thing, along with shitty working conditions). Unimaginable wage inequality vs some scuffed up Samsonite. I know what I’m concerned about

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u/SchmuckTornado 5d ago

Only a moron would try to create a false equivalence like that.

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u/Silver_Double4678 5d ago

Your name calling is quite persuasive. I'm inclined to engage in civil debate with you regarding our differnt opinions.. What's false about my equivalence? you don't think these guys are upset that the CEO gets rich off of their sweat? Where is my flawed or false reasoning?

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u/SchmuckTornado 5d ago

I'm not, you're a fucking idiot lol.

What's false about my equivalence?

" Unimaginable wage inequality vs some scuffed up Samsonite. I know what I’m concerned about" The implication that somebody can only care about one or the other.

you don't think these guys are upset that the CEO gets rich off of their sweat?

And? I'm upset too, I don't go around destroying people's shit. Fast food workers are upset about it too, doesn't make it ok to spit in customer's food. Only a moron would imply that it's ok for employees lash out at innocent customers because CEOs get paid too much.

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u/Silver_Double4678 4d ago

Cool. You have an opinion. Frankly, with your output so far, I’m not very concerned with your opinion. You didn’t explain what the false equivalence was, then you created an entirely new scenario that doesn’t really equate to the video, did some more name calling, and implied that I said what these guys are doing in this video is socially acceptable behavior. I didn’t. I am just more interested in why these guys would mishandle the luggage. Why do you suppose?

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